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Crime increase prompts call for stronger police presence

An increase in property crime in Welcome Bay has sparked calls for extra police resources.

Summer is ending, but will the good weather stick around?

Find out what your last days of summer will look like.

Claire Trevett: What's eating Simon Bridges?

OPINION: There is method to Bridges' madness, but his colleagues may not agree.

'Utterly offensive': Seymour taken to task on apartheid comparison

Act's David Seymour compared the new Māori ward legislation to apartheid in South Africa.

Green light for new ratepayers group: 'So we can have a voice'

The Lakes residents will now have a unified voice.

Bargain hunting: Tauranga Rotary Book Sale offers 'huge variety'

The annual Rotary Tauranga book sale is on from March 5-7.

'Easy money': Unlocked cars targeted as property thefts surge

Police say there has been an upswing in property theft from cars in the past six months.

Shuffle-up set for Pāpāmoa to Mount Maunganui enrolment zone

School zoning is set to change in the Pāpāmoa and Mount Maunganui area.

'We didn't want to rush': Papamoa Surf Club just months from completion

It is hoped the club would be fully complete and operational by mid-March.

New Tauranga ratepayers' group possible

If set up the group would represent issues related to Lakes residents.

Highway reopens after serious truck and ute crash

Police were notified of the incident about 1.20pm.

Letters: Why not wind up TECT and pay everyone out?

A reader says a payout would give 49,000 people enough to install solar.

Motorcycle tragedy: 'I saw the rider flying through the air'

A local resident helped administer first aid to the injured motorcyclist in Arataki.

Tauranga reaches record $854k median house price. Million dollar suburbs could be next

REINZ: The Bay's median house price was now $769,000.

'We're not here to rubber-stamp': Commissioner lays down law

Long Term Plan decision is made by city council

Historic council meeting, without any councillors, honours Christchurch victims

The unusual meeting will reaffirm there's a new team in town.

Why the flu might never return to full strength

A general practitioner says the grip influenza once had on the country may never return.

It's a sell out! No tickets left for double header at Bay Oval

Black Caps and White Ferns to face Australia and England in front of a sold out crowd.